Cock Beck which featured in the Battle of Towton 1461 particularly at Bloody Meadow where considerable slaughter took place

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Towton: Cock Beck close to where the Battle of Towton took place on Palm Sunday 29th March 1461 during the Wars of the Roses. 28,000 soldiers were killed in one day when the armies of King Henry VI clashed with King Edward IV and no quarter was given in the bloodiest battle ever to have taken place on English soil

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Size: 5402px × 3588px
Location: Towton Yorkshire UK
Photo credit: © Ian Townsley / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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